The designs for the new visitor centre to showcase the Battle of Bannockburn have been unveiled today (Monday). The planning application for the new centre is being lodged this week, revealing the dramatic new look for the centre.

Free entry to St Andrews Castle and St Andrews Cathedral - Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th June. Historic Scotland is offering free entry to St Andrews Castle and St Andrews Cathedral on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th June as part of the celebrations of the 600th Anniversary of the University of St Andrews.

A team of two apprentice stonemasons from Historic Scotland’s Masonry Training Unit in Elgin has beaten teams from Telford College in Edinburgh and the City of Glasgow College to win the Scottish Inter College Apprentice Stonemasonry competition at the Masonry Training Facility at Elgin Cathedral. George Marshall, 27, who lives in Glenrothes and works in Perth and Colin Taylor, 27 from Nairn, based at Fort George, Inverness were awarded the highest marks by three independent judges from the stonemasonry industry.

Visitors to Stanley Mills will be able to explore the site’s natural heritage during a series of special events to be held this weekend. The ‘Nature Weekend’ will see a whole host of interactive activities for all the family across both Saturday and Sunday to celebrate the role of the natural environment surrounding the site.